A MAN who failed to carry out repairs at a house he owns has been ordered to pay fines and costs of nearly £5,000 by magistrates in Barry.

Andrew Gulwell, of Blaenclydach Street, Grangetown, Cardiff, who was convicted of failing to comply with notices concerning a house in St Paul’s Avenue, Barry, was fined £1,500 for each offence and ordered to pay costs of £1,854.03.